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as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined the double-edged purpose of the sales promotion is to clear out existing stock and to attract new customers

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Recent Examples of double-edged However, trust is double-edged. Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 In the cognitive realm, artificial intelligence is similarly double-edged. Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025 Putin boasts of Russia’s record-low 2.3% unemployment rate, but this sword is double-edged. Christian Edwards, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025 For Eisenberg’s film, the decision is double-edged: from the perspective of the characters, exceptional demands are placed on the dialogue to make their past come to life, but the dialogue isn’t sufficiently rich or imaginative to meet the challenge. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024 Usually double-edged, the weapons were occasionally decorated with engraved patterns. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024 Among artists and intellectuals, technology has always been double-edged, utopian and dystopian. Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2023 Nearly all executives and investors in this niche of neurotechnology acknowledge Musk’s impact on the field, though some say it is double-edged. Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023 Trending For Sohn, identity is double-edged. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for double-edged
Adjective
  • Yet, in a dual-use conundrum, AI can also undermine mental health.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Fresh off Friday’s soft jobs report, the other side of the Fed’s dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability will take center stage in the coming days.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The first three episodes currently streaming on Paramount+ reveal that the Tiva dynamic remains as ambiguous as ever.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The term has become both expansive and ambiguous.
    Lauren Buitta, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • However, a Minnesota court struck down the binary trigger ban, arguing that the legislature violated the state constitution’s single-subject clause by burying the ban inside a sprawling spending bill.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Eight of the nine winning filmmakers are women of color, and over 70 percent of all participants are women or non-binary people of color.
    Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • These fish, known for their cryptic behavior, were identified as a neonative species, expanding their range naturally.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ars reached out to Google for an explanation, receiving a cryptic and somewhat unsatisfying reply.
    Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The couple recently came under much media scrutiny when Abby and her conjoined twin sister, Brittany, both 35, were spotted carrying a newborn baby while running errands last month.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The virus claimed the lives of friends and congregants — and, most painfully, his twin sister.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The brand’s giant green owl mascot dances badly, makes obscure pop culture references and pokes fun at the company’s push notifications.
    Leeron Walter, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, compared to 2005’s Broken Flowers, this is a wilfully obscure step back to his deadpan, experimental roots, a gentle, almost deliberately un-film that is best not viewed in too much proximity to the witching hour.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Kraus also had a dark backpack on her person.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Lakshmi shared a photo and video of herself at the beach wearing a dark pink bikini while playing in the water.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Double-edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double-edged. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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